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This colossal stone head is almost 3,000 years old.
這座巨大的石雕頭像差不多有三千年歷史了
It was made by the Olmec,
它是奧爾梅克文明的產(chǎn)物
the earliest civilisation in Central America.
中美洲最早的文明
It really is big.
它真的很大
His eyeballs are more than a foot across
他的眼球直徑超過三十厘米
and he weighs in at almost 20 tonnes.
重達(dá)二十噸
Between his lips, you can just about glimpse his teeth.
雙唇之間 可以瞥見他的牙齒
And his irises are traced out on his eyes,
虹膜描繪出他眼球的輪廓
and he has a furled, slightly frumpy brow.
他還有蜷曲散亂的眉毛
It's hard not to feel just a little bit moved by this close encounter
這樣近距離地面對這尊遠(yuǎn)古人像
with the image of a person from the distant past.
你很難完全不被觸動
Since it was unearthed in 1939,
自從它于1939年出土
this head has been a real puzzle.
這座頭像一直是個大謎團(tuán)
Who does it depict?
它雕刻的是誰
Why was it made?
為什么制作它
And why just a head?
為什么只是一顆頭
